Barcelona striker Ousmane Dembele arrived late for training on Monday as rumours continue to grow. And speculation emerges that he could move to Manchester United. The 23 years old who made 5 appearances for Barca last season arrived late in the training ground. 10:15 am according to Spanish publication. That is 15 minutes after the training resumption.

Dembele has taken it as behavior not resuming training early, following his 2 hours late arrival in 2018. Barcelona's new boss Ronald Koeman has demanded all his players to arrive at the training ground at least one hour before training commence. Dembele was once a reason why Barcelona put a rule in place when slept so badly and missed the club meeting and training session. Playing late-night video games and putting phones off or silent overnight was banned due to the action.

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Manchester City has agreed to a deal worth £65m to sign Benfica defender Ruben Dias. The deal will see Nicolas Otamendi move in the opposite way. The deal was worth £62m initially with a further £3m as add-ons. The information was confirmed in a statement from Benfica on Sunday after the 5-2 defeat of Man blue at home against Leicester City.

The Portuguese club said they have agreed to a fee of 15m euros separate to sign Otamendi. Both deals were subject to personal terms and have been finalized, the club said in the statement. The search for a center right-back has been the plan of Pep Guardiola after the departure of Vincent Kompany.

Dias on the other hand has done well during his three seasons spent in Benfica. He was present in the world for Portugal in 2018. The Portuguese international captained Benfica and scored during the match against Moreinense on Saturday.

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Bayern Munich Faced Sevilla in the super cup final and was taken into extra-time by a durable and relentless Sevilla. 15,180 Budapest fans were in attendance during the clash that saw Bayern add the UEFA Super Cup to their champions league trophy.
The game was played in Pukas Arena, a stadium that has a capacity of 67,000 fans. It was the first major European match to accommodate fans since the coronavirus pandemic withheld many games.

Former Bilbao player, Javi Martinez who is set to leave Bayern according to reports scored the victory goal for Bayern Munich.

Local reports said the Spaniard will join Athletico Bilbao after he left the club for eight years to join Bayern. He was only in the field for five minutes when he got the decisive goal for the club and claimed victory. Martinez has also proved himself in the super cup 2013 against Chelsea. He came from the bench in extra time. And forced a penalty against the blues which led Bayern to win their first trophy under Pep Guardiola.

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Manchester City has signed former defender Lucy Bronze following her exit from the champions league winners, Lyon. She resumes back to women’s super league since her departure to France where she won the league three consecutive times and the champions league title.

The English star made an announcement of leaving Lyon last month after her contract expires. She later agreed to extend a short time contract until the end of the champions league campaign. Bronze had played for Manchester City formerly. And has helped the club won the champions league three times before leaving for Lyon. The champions league final against Wolfsburg was the last game Bronze played for the club.

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The long run between two heavyweighhts Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury has been a good one between the two quality fighters. Despites that Joshua is few years younger than Fury, he recently asked a question why fury took long before winning his first title.

Joshua said, Fury has been professional much longer than me, he should be looking forward to retire soon. If he wants to cement his legacy, i am here and ready. I have built myself into this position. Anthony Joshua holds the WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titles, and fury only has WBC Champion. The two fighters are likely to meet in 2021, according to reports.

But before it can happen, Joshua will defend his belts against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev. The match might be held in December. While Fury contracted to third match against Deontay Wilder after he won him in their rematch.

Joshua said, "I will challenge fury, I will challenge Wilder. These guys are not the biggest names I have fought on my record. They are just another heavyweights. Look at my record. They are not the best fighters that i have challenged. When they are ready to fight, i am here.

Joshua biggest fight was with Vladmir Klitschko, a big name in the game. Anthony Joshua began as an olympic Gold medalist in London 2012 to world champion just after four years.

"I came up fast. That shows i am prepared. These boys turned professionals in 2008 and it took fury seven years to fight for the heavyweight championship of the world, Joshua added. He is on a different journey. I want to steam through.

"I have no fear for Fury, whether he has better than me, better jab than me, whether he is all of that stuff people say. let it be so. Let me go inn and prove myself. show who i am and what i can do.

"I have fought five champions and been in two unification matches. I am a two-time heavyweight champion in 24 fights and seven years career. It shows how serious i am. If fury is serious, I will also take the match serious too.

Fury looked nearly unstoppable in his rematch against wilder and he was surprisingly aggressive as well. Meanwhile, Joshua showed new wrinkles in his game in december 2019 when he outboxed Andy Ruiz.

Athletico Madrid player, Diego Costa, and Santiago Arias have tested positive for coronavirus and have been on isolation. They will both be exempted from the preseason training today. Other players underwent their test on Thursday but costa and arias were not present due to their positive test result.
Athletico Madrid said the two players are currently isolating themselves and they have shown no symptoms of the disease. Athletico will start the season at the end of the month and will face Granada in La Liga. Their first two season matches were postponed because they participated in the champions league quarter-finals and their season ended late.
According to the UEFA rules, the French delegation underwent tests on Wednesday due to their trip to Sweden for the nations league match on Saturday. France goalkeeper, Steve Mandanda will not feature in the match against Sweden and Croatia. After he was tested positive for coronavirus.
According to the UEFA rules, the French delegation underwent tests on Wednesday due to their trip to Sweden for the nations league match on Saturday. France goalkeeper, Steve Mandanda will not feature in the match against Sweden and Croatia. After he was tested positive for coronavirus.
Three other Paris saint Germain players have also tested positive for the disease, making the french squad to six. The news was confirmed by the club on Thursday.

Alexis Sanchez has admitted he wanted to leave Manchester United to join arsenal after he trained with the club at Carrington. The Chilean striker had a hard time in Manchester United after he scored 5 goals for the red devil in 45 games. Man United paid a whooping £500,000-a-week to get him off the hands of arsenal and have Mkhitaryan move to the opposite club.
Sanchez's move turned into a nightmare as he flopped at Old Trafford and joined Inter Milan in August 2019. After his move to Italy, Sanchez turned his temporary stay to permanent which became awkward for Ole Gunnar. Ole Gunnar has promised that Sanchez will come back to old Trafford and prove his doubters wrong. The promise won't be happening anymore after his latest statement concerning his transfer.

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Messi's father Jorge Messi who is the agent of Lionel Messi said his son could remain in Barcelona this season, according to broadcast by Spanish media.
Jorge replied "yes" when he was asked if they had considered the possibility of staying in Barca for another season and leaving for the free next year. It was caught by a Spanish TV station in a video record. Images showed when Jorge Messi pulled into a parking garage reportedly for another day meetings with the family's lawyers. He arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday with a flight coming from Argentina. He landed in a private terminal at El Prat airport according to reports from Reuters.
Lionel Messi was absent from Barcelona's first preseason training session on Monday. After he tried to force himself out of the club. He also didn't attend the coronavirus test that was held at Barca's training ground on Sunday.

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The Brazil football governing body has announced that it is adopting an equal pay policy for male footballers and female footballers. Brazil becomes the first of some big countries to take the step. The announcement was made on Wednesday.
The CBF has equaled the prize money and allowances between men and women football. Which means the women players will earn as the male players, the federation president said.
There are no more gender differences because CBF is treating men and women equally, he added.
In other words, Brazil's female player Marta will receive the same payment as Neymar, Gabriel Jesus, and other Brazilian players.

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The blues confirmed his move to the club on Wednesday afternoon. The contract will see Chilwell be in the club for five years. Ben Chilwell said Chelsea coach Frank Lampard did a good job when he persuaded him to join the club.

Chelsea beat Leicester to get a spot on the champions league on the final day of the 2019/20 premier league season. Leicester only has the privilege to play in the Europa League season. The blues have also convinced Leicester to surrender one of their defenders.

I am delighted to join Chelsea at this very exciting time for the club. I am looking forward to being part of this young Dynamic squad that is led by Frank Lampard as we challenge for honors next season, Chilwell said on the club's website.

Chilwell started playing football from the Leicester youth academy. He later became one of the key players for the senior team, making 123 appearances. He also helped them win the premier league title in 2016. Chilwell has made 123 appearances for Leicester in all competitions in the premier league. His good performance for the club led him to be recognized by England.

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